Spike TV has officially announced their nominations for the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, the "VGA TEN," to be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson on Friday, December 7. We've got the full list of nominations for you, with Halo 4, Journey and Borderlands 2 each taking 7, but as usual there are certainly some surprises. Also, as most people would expect, Spike has some exclusive game premieres -- this year's include The Last of Us, Gears of War: Judgment, and South Park: The Stick of Truth.

This year, the VGAs are partnered with Xbox (yes, the Video Game Awards are partnered with a company that develops consoles and games that are nominated for awards) to create an interactive awards show. We're all hoping for more holograms, but in reality we're talking about live polls and SmartGlass functionality. Did I mention Microsoft owned developer 343's game Halo 4 picked up 7 nominations?

Without further adieu, here are the twenty five and more categories for the 2012 VGAs, err, VGA TEN:

Game of the Year

Assassin's Creed III

Dishonored

Journey

Mass Effect 3

The Walking Dead

Best Action Game

Assassin's Creed III

Darksiders II

Dishonored

Sleeping Dogs

Best Shooter

Borderlands 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Halo 4

Max Payne 3

Best RPG

Diablo III

Mass Effect 3

Torchlight II

Xenoblade Chronicles

Best Multi-Player Game

Borderlands 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Guild Wars 2

Halo 4

Best Fighting Game

Dead or Alive 5

Persona 4 Arena

Street Fighter X Tekken

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Best Driving Game

DiRT: Showdown

F1 2012

Forza Horizon

Need for Speed Most Wanted

Best Team Sports Game

FIFA Soccer 13

Madden NFL 13

NBA 2K13

NHL 13

Best Individual Sports Game

Hot Shots Golf World Invitational

SSX

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13

WWE '13

Best Xbox 360 Game

Assassin's Creed III

Borderlands 2

Dishonored

Halo 4

Best PS3 Game

Assassin's Creed III

Borderlands 2

Dishonored

Journey

Best Wii/Wii U Game

New Super Mario Bros. U

The Last Story

Xenoblade Chronicles

ZombiU

Best PC Game

Diablo III

Guild Wars 2

Torchlight II

XCOM: Enemy Unkown

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

Gravity Rush

LittleBigPlanet PS Vita

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Sound Shapes

Best Social Game

Draw Something

Marvel: Avengers Alliance

SimCity Social

You Don't Know Jack

Best Downloadable Game

Fez

Journey

Sound Shapes

The Walking Dead

Best DLC

Dawnguard - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Leviathan - Mass Effect 3

Mechromancer Pack - Borderlands 2

Perpetual Testing Initiative - Portal 2

Best Independent Game

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Fez

Journey

Mark of the Ninja

Best Adapted Video Game

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

The Walking Dead

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Studio of the Year

343 Industries

Arkane Studios

Gearbox Software

Telltale Games

Most Anticipated Game

BioShock Infinite

Grand Theft Auto V

South Park: The Stick of Truth

The LAst of Us

Tomb Raider

Best Graphics

Assassin's Creed III

Dishonored

Halo 4

Journey

Best Song in a Game

"Castle of Glass" by Linkin Park - Medal of Honor Warfighter

"Cities" by Beck - Sound Shapes

"I Was Born For This" by Austin Wintory - Journey

"Tears" by Health - Max Payne 3

Best Original Score

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Halo 4

Journey

Max Payne 3

Best Performance by a Human Male

Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack - Borderlands 2

Dave Fennoy as Lee Everret - The Walking Dead

James Mccaffrey as Max Payne - Max Payne 3

Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker - Spec Ops: The Line

Best Performance by a Human Female

Emma Stone as Amanda Cartwright - Sleeping Dogs

Jen Taylor as Cortana - Halo 4

Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard - Mass Effect 3

Melissa Hutchison as Clementine - The Walking Dead

Then, as is a tradition for the VGAs, gamers can also vote on their favorite character of the year:

Character of the Year

Connor - Assassin's Creed III

Commander Shepard - Mass Effect 3

Claptrap - Borderlands 2

Master Chief - Halo 4

Raul Menendez - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

There's your VGA nominations from 2012. As per usual, the nominations are put together by the VGA Advisory Council, made up of an assortment of journalists from the largest gaming publications around -- including: Entertainment Weekly, Game Informer, Joystiq, Kotaku, Polygon, IGN, GameTrailers, Gamespot, Wired.com, USA Today and Associated Press.

VGA TEN airs on December 7 at 9PM EST/6PM PST, watchable on either Spike.com, GameTrailer.tv, through Xbox Live, or on Spike TV, MTV 2, and MTV TR3S.

I stopped watching and caring about the VGA's on Spike when they decided spots for celebrities and new game announcements and such were more important for the Award show then the.... hell I don't know, AWARDS.......

They sat Mark Hamill in the back and didn't even have him accept his award on the stage..... *bleep* them.

Nolam North to get main character. Castle of Glass for Soundtrack. GTAV for most anticipated. After last years games, this years don't really interest me. Of course, Ive yet to play AC3, so that may vhange, but I wasn't that keen. I guess it was the overtly "Murica, Fck yeah" tones in the trailer.